The best investment

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then I'm really saying nice things about this magazine's tip to buy a holding in NatWest 9 per cent preference shares (NWBD) earlier this month. That's because I have just bought £16,000-worth of these prefs for the Bearbull Income Portfolio, even though I had to pay 121p each, 8 per cent more than the tip price.